Editing Carl Lewis (section)

===Bid for New Jersey State Senate===
On April 11, 2011, Lewis filed petitions to run as a Democrat for the [[New Jersey Senate]] in the state's [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 apportionment#District 8|8th legislative district]] in [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politickernj.com/46716/track-olympian-lewis-launches-ld-8-senate-campaign |title=Track Olympian Lewis launches LD 8 Senate campaign |author=Pizarro, Max |work=New Jersey News, Politics, Opinion, and Analysis |access-date=June 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102311/http://www.politickernj.com/46716/track-olympian-lewis-launches-ld-8-senate-campaign |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Two weeks later he was disqualified by Lieutenant Governor and secretary of state [[Kim Guadagno]], as he did not meet the state's requirement that Senate candidates live in New Jersey for four years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/mobile/article_b9d6f9da-7043-11e0-8a3e-001cc4c002e0.html |title=Guadagno disqualifies Olympian Carl Lewis from running for state Senate |work=The Press of Atlantic City |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=September 29, 2011 |last=Angela |first=Delli Santi}}</ref> Lewis appealed his decision to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals; the court initially granted his appeal but a few days later the court reversed itself and Lewis withdrew his name.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newjersey-lewis-idUSTRE78M6HQ20110923 |title=Olympian Carl Lewis quits state senate race in New Jersey |work=Reuters|date=September 29, 2011 |access-date=September 23, 2011 |last=Warner |first=Dave |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924221828/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/23/us-newjersey-lewis-idUSTRE78M6HQ20110923 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-carl-lewis-chris-christie-20140121,0,6915784.story#axzz2r4NVUtZR |title=Carl Lewis: Chris Christie tried to intimidate me during Senate bid |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 21, 2014 |last=Schilken |first=Chuck |access-date=June 29, 2015}}</ref>